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A lunar meteorite, discovered in the desert of northwest Africa, holds strong evidence that there is an abundant supply of water on the Moon – maybe even enough for a future colony. Examining the meteorite, scientists from Tohoku University have determined that the other-worldly rock is made up of moganite, a mineral that requires water

GENEVA (Reuters) – Europe’s physics research center CERN launched an upgrade of its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on Friday, six years after the huge particle accelerator solved an enduring riddle by confirming the existence of the elusive Higgs boson. Staff said the overhaul will boost the “luminosity” of proton-smashing experiments at the LHC, a 27-km

White woman cyborg on blurred background scanning human DNA 3D rendering. (Image: Shutterstock). Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been much talked about in recent times and especially as regards the technology disrupting the jobs market. Some have even suggested it might not be too long before one won’t be able to tell the difference at work between

A growing number of mammals are switching to a nocturnal cycle and sleeping during the day, primarily to avoid contact with human beings, according to a new study. The research looked at 62 different species across the world, and noted that when humans were around, animals spent more time being active at night and less

By Yining Su Israel’s technology sector is attracting all sorts to its shores, including investors from regions that previously conducted little business in the country, panelists said during Mergermarket’s Israel M&A Forum. “It used to be the Microsofts and the Ciscos of this world” that came looking for acquisitions in Israel, “now it’s potentially everyone,”

The two Mars exploration rovers, awaiting final work before launch in 2003 at NASA’s JPL. The identical robotic explorers, Spirit and Opportunity, were able to trek up to 109 yards each Martian day. They found evidence for liquid water among many other things, with Opportunity traveling farther than any autonomous vehicle on any world: over

Shutterstock When toilet paper isn’t enough, some people reach for flushable wipes. These may leave you feeling clean, but they’re a dirty habit. Flushable wipes are only flushable as in “out of sight, out of mind.” They don’t dissolve like toilet paper, end up clogging sewer systems and contribute to huge disgusting blobs known as

In April, NOAA announced that the Earth experienced its 400th consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th Century average. Not surprisingly, the streak moved to 401 in May (data to be released June 18th) and there is no indication the streak will end without a climate catastrophe induced by an asteroid impact, supervolcano, or nuclear war. Ironically,

One of the grand challenges that I find as a climate scientist is conveying to the public the “here and now” of climate change. For many people, it is still some “thing” that seems far off in time or distance from their daily lives of bills, illness, kids, and their jobs. Ironically, climate change touches

In contemporary politics, biblical verses are sometimes used to mobilize supporters or to support policy decisions. Most recently, Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited Romans 13 to justify this administration’s policy of separating the children of asylum seekers from their parents. Later that same day, Pres. Trump’s Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders echoed Attorney General Sessions by pointing

C Bader et al (2018) Science Advances 4 (5) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aas8652 3D printed image of bundles of nerve fibers (axons) in the brain In many areas of research, scientists need to analyze three dimensional data in a variety of forms, such as medical brain scans, the structures of cells and molecules, geological features on our

If you spent time on social media today, you probably came across that script for an Olive Garden commercial allegedly written by an artificial intelligence algorithm. The commercial is a hilarious trip into the absurd in which patrons enjoy classic staples of the kind of Italian dining we’ve come to expect from America’s 15th favorite

Upon hearing NASA’s confirmation that Mars has complex organics, a reader took heart that someday soon we would be colonizing the world next door. But my first thought was why don’t we simply start by cleaning up this one? That is, ridding our oceans of the islands of plastic and our planet’s atmosphere of its

Few areas of science are as mind-bending as quantum physics – from Stephen Hawking’s black holes to the ‘spooky action’ that challenges our understanding of reality, there’s a lot to make us amazed. But because quantum anything can be tricky to understand, people also use it to explain phenomena that turn out to have far

Quantum technology promises big things for digital security and computing power, but the very thing it relies upon – quantum entanglement – has so far proven too fickle to reliably control. A new method for entangling particles is set to change that, providing the all-important quantum states when we want it, for as long as

Once upon a time, 99 million years ago, some tiny frogs in what is now Myanmar ended up having a pretty bad day – trapped in a golden sticky mess of tree sap. Over the years, that sap hardened, and today those frogs are the oldest we’ve ever found preserved in amber. The four fossils

A type of chlorophyll discovered just a few years ago is pushing the limits of photosynthesis and the role this new pigment plays. Fresh research led by Imperial College London has identified a unique mix of biochemistry that not only has interesting applications for life here on Earth, but life on other planets as well.

A towering thundershower shot up off the coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama, on 17 July 2016. Rick Geiss was sitting on the beach in front of his condominium at Crystal Shores West when he snapped a photo with his iPhone. This week, he shared it with meteorologist Jacob Dunne of the Mobile NBC affiliate, who

As a Chinese microsatellite called Longjiang-2 slipped into orbit around the moon last month, the spacecraft looked back at Earth and snapped its first test photos. One of those images shows our blue-marble planet hanging in the void of space beyond the Moon. The images were taken on May 28 using an on-board camera funded

With the biggest event in the soccer calendar now underway, fans are speculating on which team might emerge victorious from the 2018 World Cup in Russia – and an artificial intelligence model based on 100,000 simulations has made its prediction too. Using a database of statistics from previous tournaments, and three different AI methods to